The Beginning of Rome

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The Beginning of Rome the Geographyof Rome the Founding of Rome Rome has many natural figuresknow to the public.Examples ofthese are the Italian peninsula,its Arable Land,and extinctvolcanoes.The Italian peninsula lies just west of the Balkan Penisula. It is shaped like a long , high heeled boot.The penisula is about 700 mileslong and only about 100 mileswide for much of its length.Rome is home of rich farmland."Tell me, all you who have journeyed through many lands,have you seen a more richly farmed land than Italy?" asked the Roman writer Varro in the first century B.C. This states that Rome's farmland has been very fertile for a long period of time.

Most of Rome's volcanoes have been extict for a long time. The volcanoes have made the soil rich with its volcanic ash. lndustry These people,who became known as the Latins, settled on a land south of the TiberRiver.There they raised crops,such as wheat and barley; peas,beans,and other vegetables; and figs, grapes,and olives.They also herded sheep,goats,and cattle.Latin women spun sheep'swool into fabric for clothing.These early farmers and herders the ancestors of the Romans.Unlike Greece, Italy is poor in mineral resources and surprisingly devoid of useful harbors. By: Cyndal, Cori, and Reid Around the eightcentury ,a Latincommunity started on ahill overlooking theTiber river.This area provedto an rich site this villagegrew into the powerful Rome.The land was very rich in soilwhich is good for farming.Romewas also near resources thatsupply itself with wood andstone.The land Rome was surroundedby hills which defended the city.Like Greece,Rome has a tradingand market place called a forum.Rome's inland protects the cityfrome pirates.Rome also became thehead of the trade routes.Many peoplehave an explanation for how the city beganbut there is one legend that the Romancame up with.The legend is about a brotherstealing the throne away from his otherbrother.But the brother who is supposeto be king had a daughter.The daughtergave birth to two sons who defeated theiruncle and gave the throne back to theirgranfather. From Monarchyto Republic Rome's government was very similar toGreek's and America's. in about 600 B.Cthe Etruscans, a people from Italy's northernregion, took control of Rome. The Romans rebelled after about 100 years of Etruscan rule. They had started a new kind of government. In thisgovernment, wealthy Romans elected leaders to make decisions. They were now "Republic". Each year, they elected two chief officials called "consuls". Similar to the U.S, consuls were advised by the senate and could veto laws they didn't like. Later,Roman citizens were divided into two groups called the Patricians and Plebeians. They claimed thatPatricians were more important than any other group ofpeople. In the end, pleceians and patricians became more nearly equal. Rome Today Roman Society Rome like India hadclasses.Each of Rome'scitizens were dividedinto classes.To deteminewhich citezen goes wheredepends on thei wealth.Rome'supper class enjoyed the best of the city and always had money.The upper class was made up of wealthy patricians and plebians.Citizens who beloned to the upper class owned a large homeand many property.The citizens thatwere apart of this class owned morethan 500 slaves.Like India Rome had a lower class.This class was made up ofsoldiers,farmers,merchants,and,craftworkers.If you did not own ajob you would be very poor but if you are lucky you might find one.Inother countries slaves would be thelowest class but slaves did not belong to anyting.The only way slaves could be free is if their owners would die or if they bought their freedom. from Republicto Dictatorship The tax money that came from provincesmade the upper class richer but the lower class poorer.Plebians lost their jobs and their work was turned over to the slaves.Conflict broke out and so did a brutal civilwar.Before the war conflict got so bad that two brothers were killed for suggesting to change the law.In 82 B.C Rome was change from Repubic to a Dictatorship.The first Dictator was Lucius Sulla of Rome.After his reign Pompey and Cicero acted as consuls.In 59 B.C Julius Caesar was elected for consuls.He conquerd Gual witch is now France.This act proved to the people of Rome that he was a strong leader.The senate feared that Ceaser would take over. The senate warnedCeaser not to lead his troops past the Rubicon River but he did not listen.Ceaser fought his enemies bravely.In 46 B.CJulius Ceaser was named dictator of Rome.Ceaser made laws tohelp the poor.The senate was afraid Ceaser wasgoing to make himself king.On March 15 he met with hissenate then some group of senators stabbed him.